New Delhi: A massive contingent of 41,000 paramilitary personnel will be deployed in politically crucial West Bengal during the remaining six phases of Lok Sabha polls in the state which has often seen violence during elections, officials said.
This is the maximum number of central security forces ever deployed in the state for the general elections, they said. Officials in the central security establishment said a “massive mobilisation” of the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) is being made.
The state sends 42 Lok Sabha MPs. Elections to two constituencies was held in phase one on April 11, while three seats will go to polls on Thursday in the second phase.
The state will have seven-phase polls. About 41,000 personnel drawn from the central pool, as part of 400 companies, will be deployed gradually in West Bengal till the last and seventh phase of voting on May 19, they said. (PTI)
